NC bill looks to ban gay marriage

The bill quotes the Christian Bible and declares that the Supreme Court ruling in 2015 that legalized same-sex marriage across the country 'is null and void in the State of North Carolina, ' according to The News & Observer. Larry Pittman of Concord, Michael Speciale of New Bern, Carl Ford of Rowan County and Mike Clampitt of Bryson City.

It would restore Amendment One, the state constitutional amendment struck down, along with other states' bans on same-sex marriage, in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

"Republicans in the General Assembly seem to have a special talent for embarrassing themselves and our state". In the months after the ruling, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore ordered state judges there not to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Same-sex marriages already officiated both in an out of state will reportedly not be valid under the bill.

The bill says the Supreme Court not only overstepped their power in North Carolina but also overstepped the "the decree of Almighty God that 'a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become 22 one flesh".

"It's clear to me, and I hope it is clear to you as well, that the reduction of the Court of Appeals is good policy and an effective use of the taxpayers' money", said Republican Rep. Justin Burr of Stanly County, one of the bill's sponsors.

"There's no way in modern society that a law (like) this would pass", said Simmons.

HB 780 isn't the state's first proposed amendment that would delegitimize gay marriage.

He says any time federal law and state law conflict - federal law wins. Two of the three legislators who sponsored HB780 also filed a bill earlier this year seeking to remove the provision from North Carolina's constitution that would prevent the state from seceding.

North Carolina's most conservative Republicans have every intention to continue discriminating against the LGBT community.